Abstract
In this study the effect of nitrogen and phosphorus application on growth, forage yield and quality of fodder maize was studied. The variety used was Giza 2. Nitrogen was applied at the rates of (0, 40 and 80 kg N ha-1), while phosphorus levels were (0, 50 and 100 kg P2O5 ha-1). Parameters studied were plant height, number of leaves per plant, stem diameter and Leaf Area Index (LAI). Moreover days to 50% tasseling, dry matter yield, crude protein and crude fiber contents were studied. Results showed that addition of nitrogen fertilizer significantly increased plant height, stem diameter and LAI. Phosphorus fertilization has no significant effect on the growth attributes. Application of nitrogen allowed the crop to reach 50% tasseling earlier. Phosphorus on the other hand has no effect on days to 50% tasseling. Nitrogen fertilization significantly increased the forage dry matter yield. In contrast phosphorus has no effect on the dry matter yield. Nitrogen was significantly increased the protein content of forage maize, on the other hand phosphorus has no effect on the crude protein content. Neither nitrogen nor phosphorus has a significant effect on the crude fiber content.
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Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen fertilizer significantly increased plant height, stem diameter and LAI.
- Material
- Giza 2e1
- Treatment
- nitrogen fertilizere0
- Outcome
- plant height, stem diameter and LAIe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Results showed that addition of nitrogen fertilizer significantly increased plant height, stem diameter and LAI”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus fertilization had no significant effect on growth attributes.
- Material
- Giza 2e1
- Treatment
- Phosphorus fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- growth attributese0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Phosphorus fertilization has no significant effect on the growth attributes”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen application brought 50% tasseling earlier.
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e0“Application of nitrogen allowed the crop to reach 50% tasseling earlier”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus had no effect on time to 50% tasseling.
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Phosphorus on the other hand has no effect on days to 50% tasseling”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen significantly increased forage dry matter yield.
- Material
- Giza 2e1
- Treatment
- Nitrogen fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- forage dry matter yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen fertilization significantly increased the forage dry matter yield”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus had no effect on dry matter yield.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In contrast phosphorus has no effect on the dry matter yield”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen significantly increased forage protein content.
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen was significantly increased the protein content of forage maize”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus had no effect on crude protein content.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“phosphorus has no effect on the crude protein content”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Neither nitrogen nor phosphorus significantly affected crude fiber content.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Neither nitrogen nor phosphorus has a significant effect on the crude fiber content”
t0“Forage Maize (Zea mays L.)”
e1“The variety used was Giza 2”
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